The UN Migration Agency (IOM) launched an online consular service to make the consular process easier to access and navigate for vulnerable migrants hoping to return home. 

Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative (MICICI) Assisting nationals affected by crises abroad: an e-learning course for foreign service staff. For more information visit: https://micicinitiative.iom.int.

The document provides a snapshot on the status and availability of consular assistance services during COVID-19 and how migrants can utilize these facilities.

The draft articles published by the International Law Commission are largely a codification of the customary international law on diplomatic protection.  

International treaty that provides a framework for consular relations between sovereign countries, providing guidance on establishing, maintaining and terminating consular relations, structure of consular posts and privileges and immunities of consular staff, and communication to their nationals in...

As most migrants move to cities, city leaders need cross-sectoral, migrant inclusive strategies and strong tools for planning services and their public spaces.

Migrants face barriers in accessing health services, whether due to restrictive legislation, prohibitive cost, a lack of knowledge or fear. Some local authorities and health practitioners, however, are taking action to protect the dignity of migrant children, women and men. 

This study by the UN...

This handbook has been written to provide medical examiners with: an overview of the migration health assessment process, guidance on conditions of importance for health assessments, and a standardised process to obtain appropriate, accurate and comprehensive information. 

‘Housing at the Centre’ aims to shift the focus from simply building houses to a holistic framework for housing development, orchestrated with urban planning practice and placing people and human rights at the forefront of urban sustainable development. 

Housing is a human right; with many migrants in vulnerable situations living in underserviced and informal settlements, along local populations, improving living conditions is critical.

The IFRC concept of humanitarian service points (HSP) refers to initiatives aiming to provide essential services to migrants experiencing vulnerabilities during their journeys – irrespective of status - without fear of arrest or being reported to the authorities. A humanitarian service point is a...

The report presents the results of the assessment of the range and types of IOM’s education and vocational training programmes as of December 2017. Within an overall framework of reviewing the Organization’s role in supporting the development and implementation of migration policy, the purpose of...

This information sheet gives an overview over the different pre-migration health activities IOM provides, as well as other HAP services. Further HAP information sheets exist also on vaccination services and response to COVID-19.

This information sheet explains IOM’s mission and approach to health, and it gives an overview of the three programmatic areas of the Migration Health Division.

This information sheet explains why a migrant-inclusive universal health coverage is important, how it relates to the SDGs and how IOM works together with Member States and other partners towards achieving migrant-inclusive UHC. It also includes selected examples of IOM projects contributing towards...

This information sheet provides an overview of the connections between migration health and the different sustainable development goals, as well as selected examples of IOM activities towards the SDGs.

This publication stresses the coherence and complementarity between the Guidelines on decentralization and strengthening of local authorities and the Guidelines on access to basic services. Both guidelines may now be adapted to the specific country situations.

The global report explores the impacts of COVID-19 on access to basic services for migrants, examining how risks, vulnerabilities and challenges have been exacerbated by the pandemic and outlining main obstacles (legal, practical, administrative, etc.) to access. It highlights the important work of...

Around the world, migrants, especially irregular migrants, increasingly face barriers to accessing essential services that are indispensable to their survival and basic dignity, such as health care, shelter, food and legal assistance. There are a range of factors that prevent this access, including...

Many migrants in an irregular situation tend to live and work in the shadows, afraid to complain, denied rights and freedoms that we take for granted, and disproportionately vulnerable to discrimination and marginalization. Through a specific focus on economic, social and cultural rights, this...